Son of the patriarch of the Olympius saga, of senatorial rank, who for at least three generations watched over a Mithraic community in the 4th century Rome. Aurelius is the son of Nonius Victor ...

Aurelious Heraclides and and his 'brother' Agathopus, mentioned in a bronze plaque found in Sisak bear a Greek name, which does not imply that they themselves were of Greek or Eastern origin.

Teleny, or, The Reverse of the Medal, is a pornographic novel, first published in London in 1893. The authorship of the work is unknown. There is a general consensus that it was an ensemble effort, ...

This relief of Mithras as a bullkiller was found in Golubić, Bosnia and Herzegovina, near a cementery. Aure/lius / Ma/ximus /Pant[a]die/[nus].

Veturius (?) Dubitatus was a veteran, ex duplicarius, of ala I civium Romanorum. According to his name formula, J. Brunšmid concluded that he was of Celtic origin, but D. Pinterović argued that he was ...

Traveler down the rabbit hole discovering links between Freemasonry and Mithraism.

Murius Victor erected an altar in Civitas Taunensium, Nida, now Frankfurt, Germany. In the inscription on the altar, dedicated to the invincible god Mithras, in honour of the divine imperial house, he ...

A dedicatory inscription that was found at Camboglanna Castle and dated to 201/300 proves that Ripanus was prefect. According to John Spaul, he was prefect of the Cohors II Tungrorum, which was ...

Appius Claudius Tarronius Dexter, senator, is associated with the Flavian Nicomachus family. Only 5 devotees are mentioned in inscriptions from Southern Italy. A single name from Napoli has been ...

King of the Greco-Iranian Kingdom of Commagene. Antiochus I Theos Dikaios Epiphanes Philorhomaios Philhellen (c. 86 - 31 BC), meaning Antiochos, the just, eminent god, friend of Romans and friend of ...

Pater at Caseggiato di Diana. Marcus Lollianus Callinicus being a father, Quintus Petronius Felix Marsus [...] donated the image of Arimanius and dedicated it. In the mithraeum of the Casa di Diana (I ...

Sextus Pompeius Maximus, 'father of the fathers'. Apparently he was the leader of the cult of Mithras in Ostia. We also learn that he was in charge of one of Ostia's ferry services. —Ostia-Antica.org ...